Toy savings-bank.



inunnw. TOY SAVINGS mm. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1906;

Patented Oct. 13,1908. 1 6 g. j

UKT EN J i a it known that I, Trmormnns .a citizen of the 'rimormws MAYHEW, or comranr, or na'rnorr,

nn raorr, MICHIGAN, AssIGNon 'ro AMERICAN PROMOTING MICHIGAN, a CORPORATION or ARIZONA TERRITORY;

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908].

Application filed mm is, me. Serial No. mam.

To all whom it may concern;

MAYHEW, United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county. of- Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certam new and usefu' Improvements in Toy savings Banks, of which the following is a s ecification, reference being had therein to t e accom anying drawings. r

'The ob ectof. the invention istomake a toy savings bank which is inexpensive 'to manufacture and at the same time-forms a serviceable and attractive device of which merchants may readily avail themselves as a means of advertising their business.

To this end my invention consists in'the novel construction and arm ement of arts for obtaining the object in view as wiappear more fully hereinafter.

In the drawings which accompany this specification; Figure 1, is an elevation of my improved toy savings-bank; Fig. 2, is a corresponding elevation with-the front cover removed; and Fig. 3, is a vertical section.

The device comprises an outer casing commd of a back plate ges around its ed es and of a bin cover B both preferab y of cast metal. cover fits snugly within the rim flanges of the back plate so that it cannot. be pried 'oif and the space provided between the back plate and the cover isjust. enough for a single coin to pass edgewise between. This ace is divided by interior flanges C C C C C which are cast integral with the casing-into three compartments C D and E.

Y The compartment C forms the receptaclefor to' accommodate a the coin, he compartment D contains the locks and unlocks the cover and the compartment E forms a passe or slide way for the coin, it is provi ed with a coin slot aat one end, and at the other end communicates with the coin receptacle through'the opening I).

T e coin receptacle is made suitably large fixed number of a certam coin, as for instancete'n pennies and the portion-ofthe cover overl ing this compartment is preferably made w th openings or slots d to ex ose the com to view but not allowing it to rop out.

passage is just wide enough to allow coins of a certain'value, as for instance nnies, to .pass through sin ly and thus onn-a slide way through which the. coins The coin pusher G adap A formed with Tim.

cover in-such manner can pass only in single file. The lower end of thisslide way is blocked tothe assageof the coin bya hinged stop-F pivote in'the compartment D an projectin with itsfree. end through a slot in the wa -thereof into the coinchute. In advanceof this stop, there-is sl-idingly secured-in the casing a ted to be pushedin or by taking hold of its finger out of the casing fully drawnout it ermits piece 6. When the slide way as far as the stop and then ressing the pusher in the coin is forced to ift the stop and passes into the coin receptacle. The pivoted stop is normally held in position by a spring f and carries at its free end an actuating pawl g. The pawl engages with a notched wheel tate upon a In 9 cast with the casing and is prevented rom accidental displacement by a suitable backsto h.

The notched wheel has preferably a prescribed number of notches in its according to the value of the coin or WhlC the bank is designed, for a penny bank there .will be ten, one of which is made larger than" the rest. This larger slot 2' cooperates with a locking hook j cast on the inside of the that when-the notched wheel H is in the position shown'in Fig. 2, the cover-is unlocked, but in any other positionit is locked since the other notches are not large enough to release the hook. The

rotation'of the notched wheel from the posi- 2 resulting from the o eration of depositm a coin in the receptac e engages the hook o the cover with the sol d portion of the notched wheel and th1s will continue to be the case until the full number of coins corresponding to the number. of notches on the wheel has been deposited in the coin rece tacle. When this number is reached the arge notch in the wheel will register again with the hook on the cover, the cover will be unlocked and a spring I pressing against the cover will push it open and permit the removal of the coins.

The casin and cover will be made-of ornamental desi' n. and for the purpose of serving as an a vertising medium the cover may be cast with a pane K in WhlCl'l to display the advertising matter.

My coin bank bem mainl hold only a limited amount 0 tion shown in Fig I intended to small coin of eriphery drawn the unobstructed passage ofa coin t rough H which is free to roone kind will be of quite restricted size and plate together and a push bar in the coin mfg be carried conveniently in the pocket. pa ssage for actuating said mechanism. 25 avin thus fully described my invention, 2. n a toy money box in outer casing what I c aim 1's;- l Wholly composed of a front and a back plate 1. A toy mone box oomprisingan outer forming a restricted space between them casing wholly composed of a front and a back through which. a coin is adapted to ass edgeplat'e, hinged together at one edge and Wise only, the front plate being i'nged to 30 spaced apartthroughout their whole extent the back plate and the back late provided I t e thickness of a coin, theba'ck plate pro- 'with rim flangesinclosingt e space upon vided with marginal flanges closin the v the sides'and ends, there being a coin slot in spaces upon the sides and ends and with irione of the flanges; and With IIItBIlOI' flanges terior flanges partitioning the space between partitioning the space between the plates into 35 the front and back. plate into a coin receiva coin receiving com artment with the coin ing compartment contained in one end of the slot, a coin actuate ilever projecting into a casingand adapted to hold. a limited nunrthe coin' passage, a push bar for manually ber' of coins in edgewise relation and into a said lever to. lock and unlock the front plate. coin passage connecting said coin receiving Im testimony whereof I afiixmy signature 4c compartment with a coin slot provided in the in presence of two witnesses.

opposite end of the casing and forming. an v 'indirectpath through which coins are THEOEFILUg MAYHEW' adapted to pass edgewlse and singly into the Witnesses: coin receiving compartment, c0111 actuated THos. S. LoNos'rArr, mechanism-for locking the front-and back OTTO F. BARTHEL. 

